State Ex Rel. Montaquila v. Avery

This petition for mandamus was brought on behalf of the state ex rel. John Montaquila to compel the commissioner of public works of the city of Cranston to remove certain obstructions on Tupelo Hill Drive and White Birch Road, public highways in said city, which obstructions are alleged to be a public nuisance. Leave to file such petition having been granted by the superior court it thereupon issued the writ in the alternative to which the respondent filed an answer. Subsequently Elizabeth E. Corr, the person who is alleged in the petition to be maintaining said nuisance, filed a motion for…